‹ Fish Finder· #484
Greasy Grouper
Epinephelus tauvina
Bislamalos— names this kind of animal, not this species alone
- Habitat
- Reef
- Max size
- 1.0 m
- Depth
- 0-50 m
- Family
- Serranidae
The greasy grouper, also known as the Arabian grouper or greasy rockcod, is an Indo-Pacific fish species of economic importance belonging to the family Serranidae.
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Easily confused with
Side by side, with what tells them apart.
Both are pale groupers covered in dark spots. Blacksaddle Grouper's spots are set apart, with gaps at least as wide as the spots, and it has a black saddle blotch on the back, a smaller one on the tail base, and a thin white line along the dusky edges of its soft fins. Greasy Grouper is longer-bodied, with a bigger head and spots set closer together.
See the Blacksaddle Grouper →
Both are large, brown-spotted groupers. Greasy Grouper is long-bodied with a big head, pale greenish grey to brown, with round spots from orange-red to dark brown and often a black blotch at the base of the last dorsal spines. Camouflage Grouper is deeper, pale brown with small dark spots overlaid by large dark blotches like diagonal bands, a whitish upper body, a black saddle on the tail base and small white spots on the fins.
See the Camouflage Grouper →